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Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
Robert Cialdini
Business negotiation; Sales & marketing; Health & Self-Help; Popular psychology
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Intends to transforms the way we think about the craft of persuasion. Drawing on research, and packed with case studies, this... [more]
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Taming Toxic People: The Science of Identifying and Dealing with Psychopaths...
David Gillespie
Abnormal psychology; Health & Self-Help; Popular psychology; Advocate - Today's World
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Bestselling author David Gillespie turns his attention to a phenomenon that damages businesses, seeds mental disease and discomfort... [more]
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Baby Lost: A Story of Grief and Hope
Hannah Robert
Biography; Coping with death & bereavement
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What happens when a death occurs within your body, but you survive? In Hannah's struggle to make sense of the personal and... [more]
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A Fuhrer for a Father: The Domestic Face of Colonialism
Jim Davidson
Biography; Memoirs; Intergenerational relationships
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I was written out of the family story. This book is my attempt to write myself, and my mother, back into it. In this singular... [more]
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Wellmania: Misadventures in the Search for Wellness
Brigid Delaney
Reportage & collected journalism; Society & Social Sciences; Mind, Body, Spirit; Humour
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Selfie: How We Became So Self Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us
Will Storr
Society & Social Sciences; Popular culture; The self, ego, identity, personality; Popular psychology
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A compelling new work about the mysterious power of the self and the danger... [more]
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The Amateur: The Pleasures of Doing What You Love
Andy Merrifield
Popular philosophy; Society & Social Sciences; Self-help & personal development
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A passionate attack on the tyranny of experts [more]
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The Freedom Trap: Reclaiming Liberty and Wellbeing
Craig Hassed
Ethics & moral philosophy; Society & Social Sciences; Ethical issues & debates; Health & Self-Help; Self-help & personal development
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Discover how to escape the discontent caused by today's western society and find true freedom - a life of happiness and peace.... [more]
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Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era
Daniel Levitin
Media studies; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Probability & statistics; Health & Self-Help; Popular psychology
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A guide to critical thinking in the 'post-truth' era, from the author of Sunday Times best-seller The Organized Mind We live... [more]
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Life Sentence: A Police Officer's Battle with PTSD
Simon Gillard, Libby Harkness
Biography; Memoirs; Police & security services; Coping with stress
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‘I’m awake again, shaking, sweating. My heart is racing and I stare into the dark. I can’t close my eyes.... [more]
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Confessions of a Mad Mooer: Postnatal Depression Sucks
Robin Elizabeth
Memoirs; Health & Self-Help; Coping with illness; Family & relationships
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What happens when a mother says she isn't okay, and nobody's listening? What happens when postnatal depression goes undiagnosed?... [more]
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Not All Superheroes Wear Capes
Quentin Kenihan
Biography; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Coping with disability
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Quentin Kenihan is living proof that superheroes don't need capes, just the right attitude. FOREWORD BY RAY MARTIN [more]
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Cultural Chameleons and Tall Poppies: How We Really Live & Work with Culture...
Tom Frengos
Social & cultural history; Cultural studies; Office & workplace; Health & Self-Help; Self-help & personal development
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What if your experience with cultures actually helped you evolve as a human being? What if there was no such thing as any... [more]
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How to Lose a Few Kegs (Without Busting a Gut): 10 tips for less fat, more...
Gus Worland
Medicine; Diets & dieting
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<p>"My approach for less fat and more fit" - a funny, no-BS guide from popular Triple M radio host Gus Worland.<br... [more]
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New Rules Of The Game: 10 Stretegies for Women in the Workplace
Susan Packard
Business & Economics; Advice on careers & achieving success
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In the workplace women have typically been encouraged to cultivate soft, feminine behaviours. But it's time for this to change.... [more]
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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Elizabeth Gilbert
Health & Self-Help; Self-help & personal development
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Gilbert shares her wisdom and unique understanding of creativity, shattering the perceptions of mystery and suffering that... [more]
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Children's Rights: From Philosophy to Public Policy
Mhairi Cowden
Social & political philosophy; Ethical issues & debates; Age groups: children; Child welfare; Civil rights & citizenship; Health & Self-Help
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Despite the existence of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child there still exists a debate on whether children can... [more]
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Children's Wellbeing in the Media Age: Multidisciplinary Perspectives from...
Elizabeth Handsley, Colin MacDougall, Michael Rich
Media studies; Age groups: children; Ethical & social aspects of computing; Health & Self-Help
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The book is a multidisciplinary conversation about children's media use and wellbeing. It explains how a range of disciplines... [more]
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The Art of Mindful Origami: Soothe the mind with 15 beautiful origami projects...
Richard Chambers
Mind, body, spirit: meditation & visualisation; Origami & paper engineering; Languages & ESL
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Origami combines with art therapy in 15 projects that will calm your mind while teaching mindfulness skills. Step-by-step... [more]
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Happy Gluten-Free Kids
Bridget Pennington
Popular medicine & health; Coping with illness; Cookery, food & drink
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Has your child been diagnosed with gluten intolerance? Are they a coeliac? Do you spend hours reading labels and madly trying... [more]
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Death of a Soldier: A Mother's Story
Margaret Evison
Biography; Memoirs; Afghan War; Coping with death & bereavement
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An important and evocative addition to the debate on the Military Covenant, but also a deeply touching account of a mother's... [more]
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A Critical Pedagogy of Embodied Education: Learning to Become an Activist...
Tracey Ollis
Philosophy & theory of education; Health & Self-Help
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Explores the differences and similarities between two groups: lifelong activists who have been engaged in campaigns and socials... [more]
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influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert Cialdini
Health & Self-Help; Popular psychology
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Explains the psychology of why people say yes - and how to apply these understandings. This book aims to teach the six principles,... [more]
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Constructing Childhood: Theory, Policy and Social Practice
A. James, Adrian L. James
Age groups: children; Child welfare; Health & Self-Help
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Through an interdisciplinary synthesis combining social theory, social policy and the empirical findings of social science... [more]
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